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TY - JOUR
A1 - Moksness, Erlend
A1 - Gjøsæter, Jakob
A1 - Lagaillarde, Guillaume
A1 - Mikkelsen, Eirik
A1 - Olsen, Esben Moland
A1 - Sandersen, Håkan T.
A1 - Vølstad, Jon Helge
TI - Effects of Fishing Tourism in a Coastal Municipality: a Case Study from Risør, Norway
N2 - Recreational fishing has become an important part of the Norwegian tourist industry. The coastal municipality of Risør, southern Norway, is considering further development of its marine fishing tourism to increase local economic benefits, but they also want to limit negative effects on the local ecosystem and for the inhabitants. We developed an integrated model with ecosystem and socioeconomic components to evaluate these trade-offs. We chose the status of the local cod (Gadus morhua) stock as an indicator of the marine ecosystem condition. Cod is a highly valued species in tourist and recreational fisheries throughout Norway, and also supports an important commercial fishery. Five management scenarios are presented and compared to the status quo. Our research illustrates how an ecosystem model can assist local authorities in making rational coastal zone management decisions. Our study also revealed a lack of management instruments for local authorities to develop natural resource-based tourism in Norway, and thus the need for the municipality to cooperate and coordinate with other management units and levels.
JO - Ecology and Society
PB - The Resilience Alliance
Y1 - 2011
P1 - 2011
VL - 16
IS - 3
C7 - 11
UR - http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss3/art11/
DO - 10.5751/ES-04290-160311
KW - local cod stock
KW - local economic benefits
KW - local management instruments
KW - marine fishing tourism
KW - simulation model
ER -